Facebook Makes a Big Switch in its Data Centers

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Facebook plans to start installing new networking gear in its data centers this year, based on open standards it helped create. The company will stop purchasing hardware from major networking suppliers for its data centers.

In this second article in a two-part series, Sonny Garg, senior vice president and chief information and innovation officer at Exelon Corp., the $27.4 billion competitive energy provider based in Chicago, describes the structure and inner workings of his emerging technologies team.